S4 E64: Yancey Strickler, Sasha Sagan, and Gary Ferguson
S4 E64: Yancey Strickler, Sasha Sagan, and Gary Ferguson

In this episode, meet Yancey Strickler, author of This Could Be Our Future, Sasha Sagan, author of For Small Creatures Such as We, and Gary Ferguson, author of The Eight Master Lessons of Nature.

As Yancey notes in this interview, “the world of value is bigger than we think.” Listen to each of these authors talk about variations on this idea, as viewed through the lens of business, philosophy, or engagement with the natural world. Plus, get new audiobook recommendations from these three voracious listeners.

Listen to clips from their audiobooks:

A vision for building a society that looks beyond money and toward maximizing the values that make life worth living, from the cofounder of Kickstarter. Hopeful but firmly grounded, full of concrete solutions and bursting with creativity, This Could Be Our Future dissects the world we live in and shows us a road map to the world we are capable of making.

Author: Sasha Sagan
Read By: Sasha Sagan

The perfect gift for a loved one or for yourself, For Small Creatures Such as We is part memoir, part guidebook, and part social history, a luminous celebration of Earth’s marvels that require no faith in order to be believed.

With new insights into the inner workings of nature’s wonders, Gary Ferguson presents a fascinating exploration into how many of the most remarkable aspects of nature are hardwired into our very DNA. What emerges is a dazzling web of connections that holds powerful clues about how to better navigate our daily lives.

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